nba leaders points per minute 1999-00 to 2020-21

Between the 1999-00 and 2020-21 seasons, Joel Embiid had the most points per minute played, with 0.81.

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1,000+ MIN/82TG

	NAME	PTS/MIN	PTS	MIN	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	0.81	6,456	7,943	260	30.6	24.8	11.3	3.1	0.8	1.7	8.2	16.9	48.7	1.1	3.5	32.9	7.3	9.0	80.8	59.6	2.4	8.9	3.4	2,936	796	208	443	895	829	+1490
2	Zion Williamson Z. Williamson	0.81	2,187	2,694	85	31.7	25.7	7.0	3.2	0.9	0.6	9.9	16.4	60.4	0.2	0.6	33.3	5.7	8.3	68.3	64.0	2.7	4.2	2.7	591	276	73	48	226	177	+151
3	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	0.77	5,115	6,627	199	33.3	25.7	8.4	7.7	1.0	0.4	8.7	19.1	45.7	2.7	8.1	33.1	5.6	7.6	73.5	57.3	1.1	7.3	4.0	1,663	1,534	203	75	788	442	+299
4	Kevin Durant K. Durant	0.74	23,883	32,462	884	36.7	27.0	7.1	4.2	1.1	1.1	9.2	18.6	49.4	1.9	4.9	38.4	6.7	7.6	88.3	61.5	0.7	6.3	3.1	6,239	3,681	973	986	2,773	1,688	+3955
5	James Harden J. Harden	0.73	22,045	30,198	877	34.4	25.1	5.5	6.5	1.6	0.5	7.4	16.7	44.4	2.8	7.7	36.3	7.5	8.7	85.8	61.1	0.8	4.7	3.7	4,794	5,730	1,367	476	3,255	2,303	+3525
6	Trae Young T. Young	0.73	4,921	6,747	204	33.1	24.1	3.9	8.9	0.9	0.2	7.6	17.7	43.1	2.4	7.1	34.3	6.4	7.4	86.1	57.4	0.7	3.3	4.2	801	1,807	190	35	858	355	-297
7	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	0.71	30,888	43,582	1,146	38.0	27.0	5.6	5.1	1.5	0.5	9.4	21.0	44.8	1.5	4.4	32.9	6.7	7.9	83.9	55.0	1.2	4.4	3.1	6,409	5,826	1,749	527	3,584	2,918	+3737
8	LeBron James L. James	0.71	35,367	50,056	1,310	38.2	27.0	7.4	7.4	1.6	0.7	9.8	19.5	50.4	1.5	4.4	34.5	5.8	7.9	73.3	58.6	1.2	6.3	3.5	9,751	9,696	2,063	982	4,592	2,395	+7126
9	Stephen Curry S. Curry	0.7	18,434	26,149	762	34.3	24.2	4.6	6.5	1.7	0.2	8.3	17.4	47.7	3.7	8.6	43.3	3.8	4.2	90.7	62.6	0.7	3.9	3.1	3,503	4,984	1,282	164	2,392	1,851	+4914
10	Anthony Davis A. Davis	0.7	13,463	19,368	564	34.3	23.9	10.2	2.3	1.4	2.3	8.9	17.3	51.4	0.5	1.6	31.2	5.6	7.0	79.9	58.6	2.5	7.7	1.9	5,769	1,292	775	1,323	1,097	1,322	+640
11	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	0.69	6,501	9,371	278	33.7	23.4	4.1	4.3	1.2	0.3	8.4	19.2	43.9	2.6	7.2	36.2	4.0	4.8	82.9	55.0	0.8	3.4	2.7	1,151	1,184	346	87	764	710	+1128
12	Devin Booker D. Booker	0.68	9,395	13,727	409	33.6	23.0	3.7	4.6	0.8	0.2	8.0	17.5	45.5	1.9	5.5	35.2	5.1	5.8	87.0	57.1	0.5	3.2	3.3	1,523	1,899	321	102	1,330	1,229	-827
13	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	0.68	16,815	24,778	682	36.3	24.7	4.2	6.6	1.0	0.3	8.1	18.4	43.9	3.0	8.0	37.5	5.5	6.2	89.3	58.4	0.6	3.6	2.8	2,856	4,514	665	210	1,912	1,331	+1898
14	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	0.67	13,293	19,713	582	33.9	22.8	3.8	5.7	1.3	0.4	8.4	17.9	47.0	2.2	5.6	39.1	3.8	4.4	88.1	57.6	0.8	3.0	2.6	2,212	3,337	775	224	1,524	1,311	+1218
15	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	0.67	9,352	13,996	408	34.3	22.9	11.6	3.0	0.8	1.4	8.5	16.2	52.7	1.5	3.9	39.4	4.3	5.1	83.5	62.0	3.1	8.5	2.6	4,738	1,217	317	580	1,064	1,366	+266
16	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	0.67	21,857	32,747	943	34.7	23.2	7.4	8.5	1.7	0.3	8.2	18.8	43.7	1.1	3.7	30.5	5.6	7.0	79.0	52.8	1.7	5.7	4.1	6,961	8,061	1,624	293	3,893	2,451	+3191
17	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	0.66	19,539	29,399	710	41.4	27.5	3.6	6.1	2.2	0.2	9.5	22.4	42.4	1.1	3.5	31.1	7.4	9.3	79.3	51.8	0.7	2.9	3.5	2,550	4,340	1,540	108	2,514	1,246	+1145
18	DeMarcus Cousins D. Cousins	0.66	12,372	18,791	606	31.0	20.4	10.6	3.1	1.4	1.2	7.3	15.8	46.0	0.6	1.9	33.4	5.2	7.1	73.7	53.9	2.7	7.9	3.4	6,394	1,908	839	721	2,064	2,282	-593
19	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	0.66	27,370	41,721	1,191	35.0	23.0	6.3	2.8	1.0	0.5	8.2	18.4	44.7	1.3	3.8	35.3	5.2	6.4	81.4	54.2	1.6	4.7	2.5	7,520	3,354	1,176	592	2,993	3,377	+1616
20	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	0.65	16,253	24,933	752	33.2	21.6	10.1	2.5	0.5	2.0	8.5	14.5	58.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.6	8.9	52.2	58.7	3.2	6.9	2.6	7,562	1,895	375	1,535	1,979	2,565	+3745
21	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	0.65	23,165	35,773	1,054	33.9	22.0	4.7	5.4	1.5	0.8	8.0	16.7	48.0	0.5	1.8	29.3	5.4	7.1	76.5	55.4	1.2	3.5	3.2	4,933	5,701	1,620	885	3,326	2,328	+2827
22	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	0.64	12,319	19,150	589	32.5	20.9	9.1	4.5	1.2	1.3	7.6	14.4	53.2	0.6	2.2	28.7	5.0	7.0	71.7	60.0	1.7	7.4	2.8	5,371	2,632	692	765	1,665	1,757	+1603
23	Bradley Beal B. Beal	0.63	13,303	20,979	605	34.7	22.0	4.1	4.0	1.1	0.4	8.0	17.5	45.6	2.3	6.0	37.7	3.7	4.6	82.0	56.4	0.9	3.2	2.4	2,452	2,436	691	236	1,428	1,340	+386
24	Isaiah Thomas I. Thomas	0.63	9,531	15,230	528	28.8	18.1	2.4	4.9	0.9	0.1	5.9	13.5	43.5	1.9	5.3	36.3	4.4	5.0	87.2	57.5	0.5	1.9	2.3	1,292	2,604	465	56	1,227	1,112	+239
25	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	0.62	31,175	50,410	1,475	34.2	21.1	7.7	2.4	0.8	0.9	7.5	15.9	47.2	1.3	3.5	38.3	4.8	5.5	88.0	57.8	1.0	6.7	1.6	11,327	3,604	1,181	1,254	2,421	3,496	+6558

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More 76ers Stats

Team Leaders

PPG

28.3

Maxey

RPG

8.4

Drummond

APG

6.6

Maxey

Team Rankings

ORTG

115.4

17th

DRTG

115.5

16th

NETRTG

-0.2

18th

3P%

34.9

23rd

2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
5	Raptors	46	36	.561	14.0
6	Hawks	46	36	.561	14.0
7	76ers	45	37	.549	15.0
8	Magic	45	37	.549	15.0
9	Hornets	44	38	.537	16.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Tue 10/20	PHI	@	NYK	7:00 PM
Thu 10/22	CLE	@	PHI	7:00 PM
Sat 10/24	MIL	@	PHI	7:30 PM
Sun 10/25	DET	@	PHI	7:30 PM
Wed 10/28	PHI	@	IND	7:00 PM

Last Game

Knicks

4 - 0

144

Final

114

76ers

0 - 4

Sun 10 May 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

PPG Leaders

33.5

Dončić

31.1

Gilgeous-Alexander

28.8

Edwards

RPG Leaders

12.9

Jokić

11.9

Towns

11.6

Clingan

APG Leaders

10.7

Jokić

9.9

Cunningham

8.3

Dončić

SPG Leaders

2.0

Thompson

2.0

Daniels

1.9

Wallace

BPG Leaders

3.1

Wembanyama

1.9

Holmgren

1.9

Huff

3PM Leaders

4.0

Dončić

3.8

Ball

3.4

Knueppel

TS% Leaders

68.8

Duren

67.6

Ayton

67.4

Queta

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

122.6

120.8

119.8

119.6

119.4

119.2

DRtg Rankings

107.7

109.7

111.3

112.7

113.0

113.2

NetRtg Rankings

11.1

8.3

8.2

8.1

6.5

5.4

Tank Leaderboard

17-65

19-63

20-62

22-60

25-57

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

FanDuel Points Leaders

4,039.7

Jokić

3,694

Dončić

3,474

Johnson

DraftKings Points Leaders

4,298.5

Jokić

3,909.3

Dončić

3,685.5

Johnson

USG% Leaders

38.0

Dončić

36.1

Brown

33.4

Leonard

MPG Leaders

38.0

Maxey

37.4

Thompson

36.4

Durant

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

1.78

Jokić

1.61

Dončić

1.52

Gilgeous-Alexander

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.90

Jokić

1.71

Dončić

1.52

Gilgeous-Alexander

NBA 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

50-34

61-44

50-37-1

51-38

47-36

57-44

Worst Record ATS

33-49

41-59

36-48

38-50

36-46

NBA 2025-26 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons - z	60	22	.732
2	Celtics - x	56	26	.683	4.0
3	Knicks - x	53	29	.646	7.0
4	Cavaliers - x	52	30	.634	8.0
5	Raptors - x	46	36	.561	14.0
6	Hawks - x	46	36	.561	14.0
7	76ers - x	45	37	.549	15.0
8	Magic - x	45	37	.549	15.0
9	Hornets	44	38	.537	16.0
10	Heat	43	39	.524	17.0
11	Bucks - e	32	50	.390	28.0
12	Bulls - e	31	51	.378	29.0
13	Nets - e	20	62	.244	40.0
14	Pacers - e	19	63	.232	41.0
15	Wizards - e	17	65	.207	43.0

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder - z	64	18	.780
2	Spurs - x	62	20	.756	2.0
3	Nuggets - x	54	28	.659	10.0
4	Lakers - x	53	29	.646	11.0
5	Rockets - x	52	30	.634	12.0
6	Timberwolves - x	49	33	.598	15.0
7	Suns - x	45	37	.549	19.0
8	Trail Blazers - x	42	40	.512	22.0
9	Clippers	42	40	.512	22.0
10	Warriors	37	45	.451	27.0
11	Pelicans - e	26	56	.317	38.0
12	Mavericks - e	26	56	.317	38.0
13	Grizzlies - e	25	57	.305	39.0
14	Kings - e	22	60	.268	42.0
15	Jazz - e	22	60	.268	42.0